McDowell is still holding on

Thursday 1 August 2002 23:00 BST

Former Walker Cup player Graeme McDowell was still holding on to the lead in the Volvo Scandinavian masters near Stockholm today.

The Northern Ireland golfer was one over par for the round after 10 holes, but was joint top on six-under with South Africa's Trevor Immelman, who raced to the turn in 31 with three birdies and an eagle.

Adam Scott, McDowell's closest challenger overnight, dropped three shots to fall back into the pack.

Warren Bennett, Spain's Ignacio Garrido and two Swedes, Fredrik Andersson and Carl Pettersson were all on five under.

Their countryman Jesper Parnevik had earlier saw his hopes of matching Colin Montgomerie's hattrick of titles in his home event stumble with a 73.

Montgomerie, one under par overnight, opened with a bogey but three birdies got him to two under with five holes to play.